FLIR Lepton Hookup Guide
Contributors:
Nick Poole
Nick Poole 
Resources and Going Further
Now that you're successfully retrieving LWIR images from the Lepton module, you can dig into the example code and apply it to your own project!
For more information, check out the resources below:
- Breakout Board Schematic (PDF)
- Datasheet
- Raspberry Pi: Raspbian OS Download
- Mike's Electric Stuff: Reverse-Engineering the FLiR Lepton(R)
- Pure Engineering: Project Page
- Lepton Module GitHub Repo -- Library, Example Code, & Design Files. The example in this tutorial uses the code from this repository.
- PyLepton (Python)
- GetThermal Viewer ( Linux & macOS )
- FLIR’s Lepton SDKs
- 32-bit (ZIP)
- 64-bit (ZIP)
- Discussion Forum
- GroupGets: Product Page
- SparkFun Product Showcase
Thermography has hundreds of applications. Spend some time just playing with the camera to see where you might find uses for it. Try piping the frames captured from your Lepton module into some computer vision software like SimpleCV! We'd love to see what you do with the FLiR Dev Kit so be sure to leave a comment and tell us all about it!
Need some inspiration for your next project? Check out some of these related tutorials:
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Or check out the FLiRPiCam project which includes a 3D printed enclosure files: